As I said last week, I have a love-loathe relationships with large multi-author Facebook groups like Inspy Romance or Avid Readers of Christian Fiction. I love them because I get so many great recommendations (contemporary Christian romance from Inspy Romance, and all genres of Christian fiction from Avid Readers). I love the fact that you can ask for what …
I’m a fan of some Facebook reader groups … I can think of two different kinds of Facebook reader groups. The first is large groups with a combination of readers and authors, and the second is reader groups run by a single author to share and promote their own work. I have a love-loathe relationships …
I do use social media to find book recommendations, but find that I use different social media platforms for different purposes. While my Twitter feed is full of authors promoting their books, most of them aren’t in the genres I read, so I usually scroll right past. I mostly use Twitter for news (since I …
All too often, I’m afraid to say. I don’t often buy books because I’ve seen an advertisement (unless you count buying a book from the BookBub newsletter … which I don’t count, because that’s an email, not a social media promotion). I’m most likely to get inspired when I see a new book available from …
Tough question, because not all writers are the same (just as not all readers are the same), and because writers should also readers. And if writers are also readers, they should be able to think like readers. Despite this, there are a few things I wish writers knew (or remembered) about readers. I have been …
Good question. I don’t re-read books as often as I used to (back in the days before I had a Kindle, and relied on new stock arriving at my local bookstore or library). Now I always have an embarrassingly large number of unread books on my Kindle. But if I think back to my pre-Kindle …
As a young reader, I didn’t necessarily follow particular authors. I’d pick up a book and read it (or not) based on the cover illustration and the description on the back cover. My mother once told me that as I got older, I’d start looking for books on the basis of their author, and she …
Do I finish reading a book that doesn’t meet genre expectations? As with so many of these questions … it depends. I often buy books based on their genre and description, but they then get downloaded to my Kindle … and they sit there. As a result, I may not always remember what genre a …
My degree is marketing, and while I’ve never worked in marketing in a professional capacity, it’s a subject I’ve always had a keen interest in. My first comment about book marketing is that authors defined “marketing” too narrowly. Marketing is about more than advertising and promotion. Marketing starts with the product: having a good book …
Do I get frustrated when you read a book that’s marketed wrong? Yes. But first let me give you an example to explain what I mean by a book that’s marketed wrong. Several years ago, I bought a book with a bright pink illustrated cover that featured a picture of the Eiffel Tower. I expected …
